Review of goals 2012

Justine reminded me of my goal to run the Auckland Marathon. I took a quick look at the goals I had set out for myself, and think it is time to update it...

1. Finish and publish the two papers I have been working on for the past 3 months (ON-GOING) .
2. Portions of the PhD research to be done : location recce (ACHIEVED), collaborators negotiation (ACHIEVED), literature review  (ACHIEVED) , experimental design  (ACHIEVED) .
3. Publish at least one paper from my PhD research before end of 2012.
4. Pass our GUE fundamentals (ACHIEVED)and Rec 3 (Trimix)  (ACHIEVED)  .
5. Conduct at least one exploration dive on the Blue Creek resurgence with TechDive NZ. (CHANGE OF PLAN - CANCELLED SINCE THE EXPLORATION IS SET IN FEB 2013, WHICH I WOULD BE CONDUCTING MY RESEARCH IN TAIWAN)
6. Clock a total of at least 40 recreational dives and 10 technical dives  (ON-GOING) . 
7. Teach 2 labs per week (this will help with the monthly finances as well :) )(ACHIEVED)
8. Stick to a exercise regime (RESTARTED ... ON-GOING)
9. Run the Auckland Marathon....
10. Call home (Singapore) at least once every fortnight  (ON-GOING) .
11. Go home (Singapore) at least one time in year 2012 (not counting the wedding date!) (ACHIEVED).
12. Go back to Iron Mountain.  (CHANGE OF PLAN - CANCELLED SINCE GRACE IS COMING END OF YEAR)

I thought I should add a few more goals to this... 

13. Training Jet at least 2 times a week.... so that he is more obedient,and I can keep my sanity. 

14. Runs at least 3 times a week, so I can at least survive the Auckland Marathon.

15. Published my personal/ work website 

End of Semester 1, 2012

It is the end of Semester 1, 2012. I have officially finished my tutor assignments for the labs. Hannah and I will be marking the exams for both BIOSCI 101 and BIOSCI 107 in the upcoming weeks. Since it is already June (half a year has passed!), it is a good idea to do a quick review of the goals I have made for 2012.

1. Finish and publish the two papers I have been working on for the past 3 months (ON-GOING) .
2. Portions of the PhD research to be done : location recce (ACHIEVED), collaborators negotiation (ACHIEVED), literature review (ON-GOING), experimental design (ON-GOING).
3. Publish at least one paper from my PhD research before end of 2012.
4. Pass our GUE fundamentals (ACHIEVED)and Rec 3 (Trimix) (ON-GOING) .
5. Conduct at least one exploration dive on the Blue Creek resurgence with TechDive NZ.
6. Clock a total of at least 40 recreational dives and 10 technical dives  (ON-GOING) . 
7. Teach 2 labs per week (this will help with the monthly finances as well :) )(ACHIEVED)
8. Stick to a strict exercise regime ( I already have a regime, but sticking to it is another story :P). (OPPS!)
9. Run the Auckland Marathon.
10. Call home (Singapore) at least once every fortnight  (ON-GOING) .
11. Go home (Singapore) at least one time in year 2012 (not counting the wedding date!) (ACHIEVED).
12. Go back to Iron Mountain.